Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kosovets, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Kosovets: 1,089 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #246 of 356 in the rayon, #578 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 27 km away. 265 m above sea level. 27 km away: Lviv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,084. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 27 km. 12.08 m between rows, pitch 15.85 m (latitude 49.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,089kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° west of south
10 kW
10,886kWh/year
Row pitch
15.85m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,310 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kosovets

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 27 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

40Jan56Feb94Mar115Apr125May127Jun133Jul131Aug108Sep83Oct44Nov33Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.0 times less.

December: 33 against 32 in the oblast, 3.1% more.

Kosovets: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,443665165
1010,8861,330330
1516,3291,995495

Snow and wind: Львів

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lviv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 50,491 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.